单词 | omnilegent |
释义 | > as lemmasomnilegent omnilegent adj. Brit. , U.S. [ < omni- comb. form + classical Latin legent-, legēns, present participle of legere to read (see lection n.)] reading everything, familiar with all or a great amount of literature.ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > [adjective] > reading everything well-read?1576 omnilegent1828 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 872 In all the ranks of the omnilegent philosophers. 1890 G. Saintsbury Ess. Eng. Lit. (1891) 331 De Quincey..was not exactly, as Southey was, ‘omnilegent’. 1996 N. Baker Lumber in Size of Thoughts (1996) 252 We satisfy our craving for the emotions of intense study at second hand, by consuming gee-whiz stories about the omnilegent and omnilingual. < as lemmas |
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